Power hacksaw-machine.



C. RASMUSSBN.

POWER HAGKSAW MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1908.

Patented July 13,1909.

c. RASMUSSBN. POWER HAGKSAW MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 20, 1908.

Patented July 13, .1909 s SHEETS-SHEET 2.

oiii'rn siirriis CHARLES RASM'USSEN, OF RACINE JUNCTION, WISCONSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application led. January 20,1508. Serial N0. 411,595.,

'clare that the following is afull, clear, and

exact Adescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to im rovements in power hack-saw machines, an the invention' relates more specifically to an improved means for lifting and holding the saw out of contact with the work during the idle or noncutting stroke thereof, thereby avoiding wear on the saw during its inoperative stroke, and also permitting the saw tocool when thus out of contact .wit the work,v

Among the'objects of the invention is to provide an dimproved mechanism for lifting and sustaining the'saw during its non-cutting or inoperative stroke which will o crate with certainty to lift-'the saw and l'io d it away from the work, while permitting the saw to freely descend to the work at the beginning ofthe cuvtting'stroke thereof.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide-means for sustaining the saw after it has reached a predetermined position, as when it'has completely severed the stock.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the subjoined description.

The invention consists in the matter hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out. in the ap ended claims.

In the drawings ligure 1 is a side elevation of a ,power Ahack saw showing my improvementsapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof, with parts shown in section. Fi 3 is a detail section, taken on line 3--3 ofgFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail o f the clutch for connectingthe driving shaft with the power and the cam collar for actuating the same'.

Asshown in the-drawings, 10 designates the base-plate of the machine which is supported on legs 11.

12 and 13 designate respectively the stan tionary and movable jaws of the work-holdingr vise, and 14 designates Ia feed screw for advancing and reti `(loting the movable jaw toward and from the stationary jaw, said *eed screw boing rotatively connected at one und with the movable jaw and engaging near shaft 25 but is pivoted to a bushing 27 that `the driving shaftlaterally outside the belt its other end a nut 15 stationary with the base-plate. A

20 designates the saw frame, between the vertical legs or members 21, 21 of which the so l saw 22 is stretched.

23 is a horizontal saw guide on 'which the horizontal part of the saw. frame 'has sliding engagement; and said saw guido is movable' vertically to permit the saw to be raised from and lowered toward the work. The saw guide, as shown, is swingingly mounted, it' being for thispiir iose fixed to or formed on the forward end of a vertically swinging ar/rn A24 which is pivotally mounted on' the rota- 70 tive driving shaft 25 of the machine. Said driving shaft is mounted in bearings 26, 26 rising from the baseplate 10. Preferably said arm 24- is not mounted directly on the surrounds said shaft and is fixed to said bearings 26. i v

28 designates a weight which is adjustably fixed to the forward end of abar 29 that eX- tends forwardly from the "guide sup orting arm 24 at one sidejand above the leve of the saw frame ffuide. By adjusting said wei ht longitudinally of the bar 29, the pressure With whichthe saw bears on the work may be regulated as desired.

The saw frame and saw are reciprocated through the medium of a crank disk 30 fixed 4to one end of the shaft 25, and a pitman 31 pivotally connected at one end with the crank-disk and at its other end with the saw frame. f Y

33 designates a belt pulley which is fixed to the driving shaft 25, and through the medium of which vpower isftransmitted to the machine for reciprocating the saw. The pulley 33 is' normally loose on the driving shaft andis adapted tobe .locked thereto by a clutch device now to be described.

35 designates a collarfixcdA to the end of pulley.V The inner end of said collar and the ad `acont end of the hub of the pulley are provided with intcrlitting clutch tcethiSG, and

.said clutch teeth are held' normally separated ilo on the bushing 27 between one of the bearings 26 and the inner end of the pulley hub. The inner end of said cam collar is formed with angularly separated, tapered' cam projections 41 which are adapted to it within correspondin ly shaped recesses 42 in the adjacent end o the bearing 26, as shown in Fig. 2, in one position of the cam collar, or the position which the collar voccupies when the clutch teeth are separated by the spring 38. Angular displacement or rocking of the cam about its axis shifts said cam projections 41 from the recesses 42 of the stationary bearing into contact with the end face of the bearing, with the result of forcing said collar and pulley outwardly, against the action of the spring 3S, and engaging the clutch teeth. The cam collar is provided with a hand-lever 44 by which it may be rocked to effect the engagement of vthe clutch teeth in the manner described.

46 designates a vertical stop-stud which has screw-threaded engagement with the base-,flete of the machine beneath the arm 24 and is arranged to adjustably limit the downward movement of said guide and the saw frame supported thereby.

50 designates a vertically swinging lever which is hinged at its rear end to a standard 51 rising from the base-plate of the machine. Mounted on said lever between its ends is a bearing roller 52 which rides on the periphery of a cam 53 that is fixed to the driving shaft 25 between the crank disk 30 and adjacent bearing 26. rlhe periphery of the cam 53 is divided by an ascending portion a and a descending portion c* into a vhigher portion a2 and a lower portion c3; and said parts of the periphery of different radii are of substantially equal lengths, each being c proximately one half of a circle. A spira spring 55, attached at its upper end to the lever 50 and at its lower end to the base plate 10, in front of the driving shaft, serves to hold the roller of said lever against the periphery of the cam 53. Pivoted to the forward end of said lever adjacent to the rear end of the saw frame guide and support are two L-shaped dogs 56, each comprising a vertical portion 57 and a horizontal or tail portion 58. The said dogs are arranged side by side and are pivoted near the upper ends of the vertical portions thereof between fork arms of said lever 5() by means of a pivot pin 59 extending transversely through the dogs and fork arms. The upper ends of said dogs, above the lever 5U, are formed with upwardly' and forwardly directed teeth 60 which engage the rearwardly facing teeth of an upright ratchet bar 62 attached to the rear end of said saw frame guidevand support. The upper or toothed ends of said dogs are pressed' toward the ratchet teeth by means of spiral, expansively acting springs 64 arrangedin a box 65 integral with and rising from the forward end f longitudinallyy of the base-plate. The trip-y ping studs have screw-threaded engagement with the block, thus permitting them to be" raised and lowered to adjust them properly to the dogs. w its horizontal movement by a guide-pin 78 extending upwardly from the base-plate and' entering a downwardly o enin guide groove in the bottom of the bloc r. T e said sliding block 71 is connected with the cam collar 40 of the belt pulley clutch in such manner that when the collar is rocked on its axis to disconnect the driving shaft from the power the block is slid rearwardly to carry the dog tripping studs rearwardly, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The operative connections between said block 71- and said clutch cam collar comprises a horizontally swin ing lever, 75 that is mounted transverse y on the base-plate and is pivoted between its ends thereto by a vertical pivot pin 76, is pivotally connected at one end with said block by means of a pivot pin 77, and is The sliding block is guided in I pivotally connected at its other end with the forward end of a link 7 8, which latter is pivotally connected at its rear end with an arm 79 rigid with and extendin downwardly from said cam collar. The said clutch is arranged to be automatically operated to disconnect the driving shaft from the belt pulley when the saw reaches a predetermined low position, as, for instance, when the saw completely severs the work. This may be accom lished 'by extending the lever 75 lateral y beyond its connection with the block 71 in position to be engaged by a part carried by the saw front, as for instance, the saw adjusting screw 80. The said screw, or equivalent part, engages the extended end of the lever 75 when the saw has reached its lowermost position and is at the limit of its draw or cutting' stroke. When the end of said lever 75 is shifted rearwardly, therefore, by engagement with said screw 8Ol of the saw frame, motion is transmitted, through said lever and the link 78, to rotate the camcollar 40 in a direction to angularly shift the cam projections thereof out of line with the plain end' faces of the adjacent bearing 26 (in which latter position they are shown in Fig. 4) into line with the il-shaped recesses thereof, whereupon the spring 38 operates to spread apart the clutch teeth pf the pulley and clutch collar 35, as shown 1n Fig. 2.

The operation of the machine xfs-asf follows:

The saw moves through its operative or cuti ting stroke, which is the draw 'or inward stroke thereof, as herein shown, while the bearing rollerof the hinged saw controlling lever 50 -is ridingover the lower portion a3 of the cam 53, and moves through its non-cuttin stroke while said roller is riding on the hig er portion a oi' saidcam. The forward end of' said lever 5() is raised as the bearing roller passes upon the higher portion of the cam, as is evident, and the dogs 56 are liliewise raised with their horizontal or tail poi'- tions out of contact with thetrip ing'studs 70. When the dogs arethus freer from the tripping studs 70 the s rings 64 force the upper or toothed ends o the dogs into engage4 nient with the teeth of the ratchet bar 62,

1 thus affording a connection between the lever the up 50 and the saw-frame guide through which said guide and the saw-frame are lifted. The said parts are thus lifted just before the saw begins its non-cutting stroke and are held in their elevated positions with the saw free from the work throughout said non-cutting stroke. of its non-cutting strolie 'the roller of the said controlling lever 5U passes upon the lower' portion o the cam 53 and lowers the dogs with their horizontal er tail portions in contact with the tripping studs 70. The contact of said tail .portions ofthe dogs with said studs has the efiect ci swinging the upper or toothed ends the dogs rearii'fardly out or" engagement with' thetecth of the ratchetbar 62, thus permitting the saw to drop down into engagement with the work. succeeding or cutting stroke oi the saw the f bearing roller of the sew-frame controlling lever rides over the lower portion of' the cani 53 and exerts no lifting effect on the sawframe and the saw is pressed against the work by the force due to the weight of the saw-frame and guide and the weight 28 .and

the working pressure of the saw may be regu-l lated by shifting the Weight longitudinally of the weight supporting bar 29. As the saw vapproac es or roaches the end of its cutting stroke the bearing roller of the controlling lever 5G passes upon the raised portion of the cani' 53, and raises the forward end 'oi'said lever. The first ei'ect of raising the forward end of the said leveris to disengage the dogs from the, tripping lugs 70, thereby permitting per toothed ends thereof to engage the teeth of the ratchet bar 62, under-,the action of their springs 64 and establish a connection between said lever and the saw frame guide by which the' latter and the saw are lifted as the bearing4 roller of lsaid lever passes fully on to the higher portion of 'the cam 53. In this manner, cutting stroke and held `out of contact with the work throu hout the non-cutting stroke, and is lowered into contact with the work at the beginning-of each cutting stroke.

In order that the `teeth of the rate-hotbar i/Vhen the saw reaches'the end During the4 'd saw is lifted at the end of each may be spaced a distance apart to permit them to be made of suflicient strength to supguide, while at the saine time insuring that the teeth oi' the dogs shall with certainty engage the ratchet teeth to provide a reliable lifting connection between the lever 5() and the saw-frame guide, the teeth ol' said dogs are shown as vertically separated a distance equal to approximately one-hall' of' the distance between the ratchet teeth. With this construction, if the tooth oi' one dog fails to engage the proper tooth oi the ratchet bar when the outer end of' the lever 50 is raised, hcother tooth will be in position to engage said ratchet tooth or the tooth next adjacent thereto, and thereby insure a reliable lift-ing `connection between the dogs and ratchet bar. The saine results may be secured by arrangingvthe teethl of' the dogs at the same level and arranging the teeth of the ratchet bar in two lateralrows with the teeth of one rou` out of line or staggered with respect to the teeth of the other row.

a single dog may bc employed, the tooth of which is designed for engagement with' rate-het teeth spaced closer together than her-sin shown. The construction herein illustrated, oikits equivalent, is preferred, however, inasmuch as the wider spaced ratchet.

.ratchet bar 62 after the completion of the last stroli'e of the saw, whereby the saw frame may be raised when the saw has completed its cut and held upwardly at any desired inclination by engagement of said dogs with the ratchet bar. This result is eilected in the present instance by mounting the tripping studs on the sliding block 71 before referred to and forming the lower faces of the horizontal or tail portions of the dogs with recesses S5, beneath which ,the tripping studs 7() are moved whenV the block 71 is shifted rearwardly either by the lever 44 or the automatic mechanism provided therefor. When said tripping studs are thus shifted beneath said recessed portions 85 ol the dogs, the distance between the upper lends oi' said studs and the bottoms of therecesses is greater than the extent of rising and falling movement of. the dogs, due to the action of' the cani 53, whcrcl'orc the `dogs are not brought into tripping contact' with said studs and/arenot therefore trir-u'ed out oi ln lieu of the arrange--' -meiit oi' the dog and ratchet teeth described 'port the weight oi' the saw-frame and its engagement with said ratchet bar. The saw frame and saw may now be raised to any desired height within the limit of the range of the ratchet and held in such osition by engagement of the dogs with t e ratchet bar. This construction renders it convenient for the operator in measuring the work to be cut, inasmuch as the saw may be hung or suspended close to the work. In the beginning of the operation of the ymachine the dogs are engaged with the ratchet bar at or near the lower end of the latter, depending upon the thickness of the stock lbeing sawed.

At the ends of the cutting s trokes of the saw.

The saw controlling device described is ex-k ceedinglysimple, compact and efficient for the purpose set forth. It is ositive in its action, thereby insuring that t e saw will be positively lifted during each non-cuttin stroke and will be as positively disengage at the end of each non-cutting stroke.

Changes may be made in the structural details without departing from the spirit of my invention and I do not wish to be limited to the illustrated construction Xcept'as hereinafter made the subjectA of specific claims.

I claim as my invention l. In a power hack saw machine, the com# bination with a vertically swinging saw supporting guide, a saw carried thereby and v means for reciprocating for lifting the guide andbsaw during the non cutting stroke of the saw and arranged to release said parts to permit the saw to freely press against the work during its cutting stroke, and means located in osition to be engaged by a movable part o the said machine as the saw reaches its lowermost cutting position to prevent releasing of the saw from said lifting means, whereby said lifting means operates to support the saw and guide after the final stroke of the saw.

2. In a power hack saw machine, the combination with a vertically swinging saw supporting guide, a saw carried thereby. and mechanism for reciprocating the 'saw, of 55 means for raising the guide and saw during the non-cutting stroke of the saw and arranged to release said parts to permit the saw to freely press against the work during its cutting.. stroke, comprising a vertically swinging lever, releasable lifting connections the saw, of means 'between said lever and guide arranged for engagement to lift the guide and saw when the lever Ais swung Iupwardly and to release said connections whenthe leveI is swung downwardly, and means acted upon bya 70 part movable with the saw and arranged to maintain the lifting connections between said lever and guide when the saw reaches its final cutting position. A

3. In a power hack saw machine, the combination with a vertically swinging saw sup porting guide, a saw carried thereby and mechanism for reciprocating the saw, of means for raising' the guide and saw during the non-cutting stroke of the'saw and ar-l 80 ranged to release said parts to permit the saw to freely press against the work during its cutting stroke, comprising a vertically swinging lever, lifting connections between said lever and guide arranged for engage- 85 ment to lift the saw and guide when the.4 lever is swung upwardly, a tripping device acting 0n said lifting connections at the end of the non-cutting stroke of the saw to release the saw and means movable with the saw, acting on said tripping device to auto-l matically throw it out of action.

4. Means for raising and supporting in a raised position, during the non-cutting stroke of the saw, the saw guide and-saw of a power hack saw machine comprising a vertically movable saw guide, a ratchet carried thereby, a vertically swinging lever, a dog hinged to said lever adapted for engagement with said ratchet, 'means acting on said dog for 100 holding it engagedwith the ratchet whenv said lever isswung upwardly, and a tripping device adapted to be fixed to the frame beneath the' said dog to vengage with and trip said dog out of engagement with the ratchet when said lever is swung downwardly.

5. In a'power hack saw machine, the com'- bination with a verticallyA swinging saw supporting guide, a saw carried thereby and mechanism for reciprocating the saw, lof means for raising the guideand saw during the non-cutting stroke of the sawzand ar-t ranged to release said parts to permit the saw to freely press against the work durin its cutting stroke, comprising a ratchet/on' th '11u' saw supporting guide, a .vertically movable dog operated by the saw reciprocating mech-rl anism adapted to engage said ratchet to lift said saw and guide and s upport the same j during the non-cutting stroke. of the saw, said dog having a horizontal member, and a! tripping device fixed to the machine beneath the dog and operating on the horizontal member of said dog at the end of thenon cutting stroke of the saw to release the dog from the ratchet.

6. Means for raising and supporting in a raised position, during the non -cutting .stroke of the saw, the saw guide and saw of a power hack saw machineomprisin'g a verti-" 1,50

cally movable saw guide, a ratchet carried thereby, a vertically swinging lever, a dog carried b said lever adapted for engagement with sai ratchet, means acting on said dog for holding it engaged with the ratchet when said lever is swung upwardly, and a tripping device arranged 'to act on said dog at the end of the non-cutting stroke of the saw to release it from the ratchet, said tripping device being movable out of the rangeof said dog, for the purpose set forth.

7. In a power hack saw machine, the combination with a vertically swinging saw supporting guide, a saw carried thereby and mechanism for `reciprocating the saw, ol' means Jfor raising and sustaining the guide and saw during the non-cutting stroke thereoiI and arranged to release said parts to permit the saw to `l'reely press agamst the work during its cutting stroke embracing a tripping device arranged to act on said lifting and sustaining means at the end ol' the noncutting stroke of the saw to release said gulde and saw, and means lor dlsconnectmg the saw reciprocating mechanism from the saw, said tripping device being movable with said disconnecting means to an inoperative position.

S. In a power hack saw machine, the combination with a vertically swinging saw sup porting guide, a saw carried thereby and mechanism for reciprocating the saw, of a ratchet on said gui e, a vertically movable dog engaging said guide for raising and sustaining thc saw during the non-cutting stroke thereof, a tripping device arranged to release said dog from the ratchet at the end of the non-cutting stroke of the saw, and means for disconnecting said saw from the reciprocating mechanism, said tripping device being movable with said disconnecting means to an inoperative position.

9. Means for raising and supporting in a raised position7 during the non-cutting stroke of the saw, the saw guide and saw of a power hack saw machine comprising, in combination, a vertically movable saw guide, a ratchet carried thereby, a vertically swinging cam actuated lever, a dog pivoted to the inner end'of said lever and having at its upper end a tooth adapted for engagement with said ratchet, means for holding the dog engaged with the ratchet, a tripping stud actn ing on the lower end of said lever to trip the dog out of engagement with said ratchet,

and means for effecting vertical adjustment of said tripping stud.

10. Means for raising and supporting in a lraised position, during the non-cutting stroke of the saw, the saw guide and saw of a power' hack saw machine comprising, in combination, a vertically movable saw guide, a

vratchet carried thereby, a vertically swinging cam actuated lever, a dog pivoted to the inner end of said lever and having at its upper end a tooth adapted for engagement with said ratchet, means for holding the dog engaged with the ratchet, a tripping stud acting on the lower end of said lever to trip the dog out of engagement with said ratchet, said dog bein provided onvits under lace with a recesse( portion, and means for moving said stud bcneath the recessed portion of the dog to'free the dog from thc action oi said stud.

11. In a power hack saw machine, the combination with a reciprocating saw frame, a rising and falling support and guide therefor, a rotative driving shaft, and connections for reciprocating said saw frame through rotative movement ol said driving-shaft cmbracing a clutch arranged to connect and disconnect the shaft from the driving power, of a cam carried by said driving shaft, a vertically swinging lever actuated by said cani, a ratchet on said support and guide, a dog pivoted to said lever adapted for engagement with said ratchet to lift and sustain said guide and saw frame during the non-cutting stroke of the saw, a tri )ping device connected with said clutch and adapted for engagement by the saw frame in a manner to be shifted thereby and to operate the clutch to disconnect the driving shaft from the driving power, and a tripping device movable with said 'first mentioned tripping device adapted for contact with said dog to trip the dog out of engagement with said ratchet at the end of the non-cutting stroke of the saw, the parts being so arranged that when said, first mentioned tripping device is shifted by said saw frame the dog tripping device is freed from said dog, for the )urpose set forth.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention IA afiix my signature in the` resence of two witnesses, this 15th day of ganuary A. D. 1908.

CHARLES RASMUSSEN.

Witnesses:

Cmus'rrAN JOHNSON, VICTOR TnnmrELsEN. 

